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    Outer Space Adventures With Spacenoodles
    Outer Space Adventures With Spacenoodles
    Outer Space Adventures With Spacenoodles
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    Outer Space Adventures With Spacenoodles

    By Hank Curci and Betsy Olson

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    Peter and Matthew are the ten year twin sons of Dr. Andrew Strawder, one of the country’s most respected aerospace engineers and Dr. Lily Strawder, a professor of astrophysics. The family enjoys their life in Seattle where they live in a house boat on Lake Union.
    This normal life is challenged when life forms from the Centauri Star Cluster NGC 5139 intercept telepathic communication between the boys and visit them in their bedroom. They have a couple of adventures before taking the boys on a trip to the Moon. When their Mother finds a rock and some sand in a cup and asks them where they found them, the boys tell their parents about the trip to the Moon.
    The parents did not believe their sons and as the father said, “Your Mother and I are well respected scientists who are considered experts in our field and you are sitting there telling me you went to the Moon with a Little Green Lady, somebody named Sunny Rosetta and a pink laser breathing dragon the size of a ferry. And you expect me to believe you?”
    Later the parents have to face the reality of the situation as tests prove that the sand is dust from the moon’s surface and the rock is from the Moon. Pictures and videos from Peter’s phone show Peter and Matthew on the surface of the Moon.
    After meeting these life forms that Andrew had facetiously named Spacenoodles, the parents are faced with a choice. Do they turn their backs and forbid their sons to acknowledge the existence of these life forms? That would protect their family life, their careers and their reputations. Or as scientists, do they accept the responsibility of introducing life forms from outer space to the world?
    Their choice provides more intergalactic adventures and attacks for the family as well as danger and kidnappings that endanger each of them. The parents are forced to make decisions that will affect their family and the world forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHank Curci
    Release dateJun 8, 2018
    ISBN9780463295038
    Outer Space Adventures With Spacenoodles
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    Hank Curci

    Hank Curci Holds a Masters Degree in Mathematics from Stanford University and is a former Senior Aerospace Engineer designing Inertial Navigation and spacecraft rendezvous points between Earth and Mars...his friends called him "The real Captain Kirk" Hank Curci is also a concert pianist giving Cole Porter, Gershwin and Broadway show tune concerts in the Seattle area and also Stanford University. His songs are being played on the international radio circuit and can be purchased on iTunes. Hank Curci is the creator of www.spacenoodles.com free outer space greeting cards and writes a daily outer space blog on www.hcurci.wordpres.com. Hank Curci has six ebooks published on the internet..two SCIFI short stories, one romantic comedy, and three Children's Outer Space Coloring Books.

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      Outer Space Adventures With Spacenoodles - Hank Curci

      OUTER SPACE ADVENTURES WITH SPACENOODLES™

      A Middle Grade Novel

      Hank Curci and Betsy Olson

      Copyright 2018 Hank Curci and Betsy Olson

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever including Internet usage, without written permission of the author.

      This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, or events used in this book are the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people, alive or deceased, events or locales is completely coincidental.

      E-book formatting by Maureen Cutajar

      www.gopublished.com

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 1

      Cleo, the cat, woke up first, jumped off of Matthew’s bed and took off! Matthew opened his eyes.

      Peter, he called to his twin brother sleeping in the next bed. Wake up! Look! Hovering over their beds were three of the weirdest looking creatures the ten year old boys had ever seen. They were smiling and looked friendly although one was a pink dragon! The boys heard no language spoken but they knew what the creatures were asking just as they sometimes knew what the other one was thinking.

      Using her telepathic language one of the lady creatures said, Why did you call me?

      We didn’t, said Matthew.

      You must be in the wrong house, said Peter. The creatures seemed to ignore him and looked around the boy’s room, picking up things here and there.

      Weeee, said the lady with the yellow flower on her hat. She zoomed around the room sideways, giggling as she flew. Let’s go have some fun! Come on! The pink dragon will give you a ride!

      We can’t go with strangers, said Peter.

      Strangers? Where do they come from? said the other lady who had a pink bow in the few hairs she had on top of her head.

      Strangers are people you don’t know, said Peter.

      That is Sunny Rosetta and that is a dragon, she said as she pointed to the other two creatures. "And me? Well, I am just one of the little green ladies. We live in the Centauri

      Globular Star Cluster and we have come a long way to see earth. We need someone to show us around. We use telepathic language just as you sometimes use between the two of you. We received your messages because the frequency of your communication happens to be the same frequency we use. We knew we could communicate with you so you are it! We have chosen you two to show us your part of earth."

      Peter and Matthew looked at her without saying a word.

      Now you know us, so get up and let’s go! said the one they called Sunny Rosetta.

      Matthew jumped out of bed and with a big grin on his face said, I am ready. Come on Peter. This will be great! Peter had never been as daring as Matthew but he wasn’t about to let Matthew go with these creatures alone so he also got out of bed.

      Guess you boys can’t fly, huh? said the dragon. Too bad, you miss a lot of fun. But get on my back and I will give you a ride. The boys got on the dragon’s back. The Little Green Lady opened the window and the five of them took off into the sky over Seattle. With a lady on either side of the dragon and the boys on his back, they made quite a sight as they flew around the tall buildings and zoomed down over the waterfront.

      That tall building is Columbia Tower, said Matthew.

      The tall ferris wheel is called the Great Wheel. We have ridden on that! added Peter.

      I see you have a space ship! said Sunny Rosetta. Have you ever gone anywhere?

      That is called the Space Needle, said Matthew. You don’t go places in it. You ride an elevator to the top and you can eat in the restaurant while it rotates around. Then you can go out on the observation deck.

      It just sits there on top of that tower all the time? asked the dragon. It doesn’t take you to another planet or someplace fun?

      No, said Peter.

      Boring! replied the dragon. I am tired. Let’s go sit on top of it and rest. He coasted in and landed on the roof of the restaurant. The Little Green Lady and Sunny Rosetta sat down beside him. The boys were too afraid to get off the dragon’s back. They did get brave enough to open their eyes. The lights on the buildings of Seattle glittered in the dark sky. They could see lights for miles.

      Weeee, come on, let’s jump off, exclaimed Sunny Rosetta as she jumped off and glided about halfway down the Space Needle. The dragon joined her as the boys held on tightly. They darted up and down and around the Space Needle. Finally, Peter and Matthew relaxed enough and began laughing as they soared around on the back of the pink dragon.

      Race you to the ground, said the dragon to Rosetta.

      We need to get these boys home before their folks find out they are gone, said the Little Green Lady. Let’s race back! So the three creatures took off and flew as fast as they could to the second floor window of the boy’s bedroom in the house boat that was their home on Lake Union in Seattle, Washington.

      Cleo, the cat, was sitting in the open window. She jumped down and ran as the group flew into the window one by one. What is that? asked the dragon.

      That is our cat, replied Peter.

      Cat? What’s a cat? asked Sunny Rosetta.

      A cat is a type of animal that people have as a pet, said Peter. We love them and feed them and pet them and play with them," he added.

      That sounds nice. Can I be your pet? asked the dragon.

      You silly old dragon, you can’t be a pet! said Sunny Rosetta.

      It is time for us to go, said the Little Green Lady. It will be light outside soon and we need to get back to our cave on the island. That is where we are staying while we are on earth.

      Will you come back? asked Matthew. That was fun!

      Where would you like for us to take you? asked the Little Green Lady.

      Matthew thought for awhile and then he said, The Moon!

      "We will be back and we will go to the Moon! she replied.

      Peter and Matthew watched as the three creatures took off into the night sky. Peter closed the window and both of the boys got in their beds. Wow! was the only sound that was uttered as they thought about what they had just experienced. They closed their eyes and all too soon heard their Dad.

      Boys, are you going to sleep all day? It is Saturday. You are usually up early on Saturday. I have made some pancake batter and have the bacon frying. Get up! You don’t want to miss your old Dad’s famous Saturday morning pancakes, do you? You may not want to keep your pajamas on because we are having breakfast on the front deck. It is beautiful outside this morning.

      Peter and Matthew changed into shorts and a shirt before going downstairs. They were still sleepy but the smell of bacon was too good to resist. Dad’s pancakes smothered in butter and maple syrup were the best! Mom always scrambled eggs to go with the bacon and pancakes. This morning she had added cooked apples to the feast.

      What scared Cleo last night? Mom asked as the boys joined them at the table on the deck. I got up to go to the bathroom and she was in the bathtub behind the shower curtain. I finally got her to come out and took her back to bed with me. She stayed close to me all night.

      Peter and Matthew looked at one another. She’s just weird! said Matthew.

      The family of four enjoyed this time together on week-end mornings. Week day mornings were rushed. The boys had to get to school where they were in the fifth grade. Dad is Dr. Andrew Strawder, one of the country’s most respected aerospace engineers, who works at a local airplane plant. Mom is Dr. Lily Wilson Strawder, a professor of astrophysics at a nearby university. However, on the week-end they are just parents to the twin boys.

      This has got to be the most relaxing place on earth, exclaimed Lily as she looked out onto the waters of Lake Union. We were so lucky to have found this house boat for sale. I can’t imagine living anywhere else. Do you boys ever miss not having a yard?

      Our yard is the lake, said Matthew.

      We can always go play ball in the park, added Peter.

      Mom, I have a question, said Matthew. Do you think there is a chance that creatures from somewhere in outer space could come to earth to visit? Peter looked at Matthew with a don’t go there" look.

      Well, son, I have learned that you never say that anything is impossible, especially not with unknowns. Technology is advancing at such a rapid rate that new developments are occurring daily. I would say that there is a possibility that life from outer space may one day come to earth but it may not be in our lifetime, she answered.

      Could they talk to us? Matthew asked.

      They probably will not talk but they may be able to communicate with some humans. There are several theories. One is that communication would consist of pictorial references to universal phenomena similar to what the ancient Egyptians used. Some people believe their communication is telepathic. You know, we have asked you two about that because there has been research done to show that twins can have telepathic communication. It would be much the same, said Lily.

      Andrew laughed and then he said, Sounds like you have met some little green people! If they come around for a visit and want you to go home with them, don’t leave me out! Now, who wants to go on the sailboat?

      You three boys go, but I need to stay here and do a few chores, said Lily.

      Are you sure about that? asked Andrew. We can all pitch in and help with the chores and then all go sail.

      No, you three go on. But come pick me up later and we can sail over to the restaurant for dinner, answered Lily. She watched as the three most important people in her life left the dock. Andrew was such a good man and a fantastic father. She thought about the questions Matthew had asked her at breakfast. Andrew did not comment and although she knew how he felt about his professional reputation, she wondered why he did not at least tell his sons that he believed that life exists in outer space. He has seen too many careers ruined by people expressing beliefs and keeps his opinions about life in outer space to himself she thought. Guess that might be wise for me also, but I am not as concerned about my professional reputation as I am about expanding the world’s knowledge of space. She laughed to herself as she said out loud, Get off your soap box, Lily, and get to work!

      The boys took the cover off of the 23 foot sailboat. Andrew got in the boat and lowered the motor into the water. Matthew and Peter untied the mooring lines and jumped in as Andrew cranked the motor which took them out into Lake Union. There was a good breeze blowing when they put up the main sail. Andrew shut off the motor and pulled it out of the water. Matthew took

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